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East and North Coasts

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Aberdeen Airport Mist 98 NNE 1 2 1,012
Boulmer Overcast 91 W 1 18 1,013
Donna Nook Mist 95 SW 2 2 1,015
F3 86 S 16 2 1,018 14 0.2
Kirkwall Airport Partly cloudy (night) 92 SSW 4 22 1,010
Lerwick (S. Screen) Drizzle 94 SSW 3 11 1,010
Leuchars Mist 94 W 4 5 1,012
Lossiemouth Overcast 89 S 2 20 1,011
Manston Mist 92 SW 3 5 1,018
Sandettie 84 SSW 12 2 1,018 6 0.2
Shoeburyness Mist 94 SW 3 2 1,017
Weybourne Overcast 81 SSW 7 7 1,016
Wick John O Groats Airport Drizzle 90 SSW 3 10 1,010

Offshore

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Brittany 11° 13° 76 ESE 17 1,013 6 2.5
Gascogne
K1
K2
K7
M6 12° 71 WNW 13 1,015 7 2.58
Pap

South Coast

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Bournemouth Airport Fog 98 NW 1 < 1 1,018
Channel 11° 75 ESE 13 10 1,017
Culdrose Cloudy 94 E 3 9 1,016
E1 11° 77 ESE 11 1,017
Greenwich Light Vessel 10° 77 10 1,018 10 0.4
Guernsey Partly cloudy (night) 92 ESE 4 10 1,017
Jersey Mist 94 ESE 5 4 1,017
Jersey Buoy
L4
Mount Batten Overcast 84 E 2 9 1,017
Needles Old Battery
Seven Stones 11° 75 SE 13 10 1,015 9 2.1

West Coast

Location Weather
Air Temp.(°C)
Dew pt.
temp. (°C)
Sea temp. (°C)
Humidity (%)
Wind speed
& direction
Visibility (NM)
Pressure (hPa)
Wave
period (seconds)
Wave
height (metres)
Belfast International Airport Cloudy 94 S 3 7 1,013
Belmullet Drizzle 95 W 1 1 1,013
Campbeltown Airport Cloudy 92 ESE 2 15 1,013
Crosby Mist 93 SSE 3 5 1,014
Islay Airport Overcast 91 S 2 10 1,013
K4 11° 72 W 15 1,012
K5 10° 87 1,005
M2 10° 11° 91 SSW 14 1,014 4 0.94
M3 11° 12° 89 W 7 1,014 7 2.66
M4 10° 11° 70 W 11 1,012 7 2.7
M5 10° 11° 88 S 12 1,015 6 1.8
Malin Head Cloudy 90 S 4 15 1,012
Roches Point Heavy rain 10° 98 SSW 5 4 1,014
Ronaldsway Drizzle 95 NE 1 5 1,014
Skye/Lusa
South Uist Range Light rain 98 SSW 3 1 1,009
St. Bees Head Fog 100 SSE 4 < 1 1,014
Stornoway Airport - Climate Station Overcast 97 SSW 2 14 1,009
Tiree Overcast 92 SSW 5 11 1,011
Valentia Observatory Mist 97 NE 1 3 1,014
Valley Overcast 90 S 7 8 1,014

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